Zina Saro-Wiwa’s “alt-Nollywood” short film, Phyllis, is one of the weirder fifteen minutes of film I’ve seen in some time. “Using Nollywood to subvert Nollywood,” it is an atmospheric, impressionistic, and haunting film, chronicling Phyllis’s emotional states as she takes the wigs that form such a huge part of her identity on and off. 368 more words

Artist friend, Zina Saro-Wiwa‘s installation, Eaten By The Heart explores “the mapping of emotional landscapes, its resulting performative behaviors and cross-cultural implications” for Africans. I have had the pleasure of viewing part of the full project and it is truly a brilliant and reactionary body of work that taps into emotions and intimacy in a tender and telling moment. 39 more words